.jpg)
The British School, founded in 1924, is a non-profit, independent
and co-educational day school located in the city of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. We offer a complete and coherent curriculum
for British, Commonwealth, other expatriate and Brazilian pupils
who will benefit from an English language education. The school
caters for pupils aged 2 to 18.
The British School aims to give pupils a broad, balanced, relevant,
and differentiated educational experience. Our educational philosophy
and practice is primarily British in nature with international
and Brazilian elements incorporated where appropriate. Our students
acquire both Brazilian
(Ensino Fundamental and Ensino Médio) and international
qualifications.
The school provides a caring and friendly, although demanding,
learning environment and makes every effort to ensure that each
individual has the opportunity to develop their particular talents
to the full. The highest value is placed on good social behaviour
and moral standards in which respect for the individual and
the environment are paramount. Personal development and social
responsibility are an integral part of our educational programme.
We want our pupils to be happy in school and we hope that their
school experience will be fondly and warmly remembered for life.
We believe that this can be achieved through providing high
expectations, clear guidelines and limits, offering constant
encouragement, attending to individual needs and providing opportunities
for our pupils to participate in a wide variety of enjoyable
activities – social, sporting and cultural.
Daniel Cunha’94 visited the school in December 2009: “(…) I was amazed by how deep those values settled into my conscience of what it is that makes a great person - it is by those very standards that I measure myself to this day. And there is no doubt that my years at The British School had the most profound effect on who I am as a person, second only to my immediate family. The reason I am going into this is that I have always looked back on the benefits I took away from those years in terms of the academic skills and capabilities, which undoubtedly gave me a strong edge in my future years, and shaped a curious and well informed mind. But that day I realized finally that the effect was much deeper and went far beyond skills - it really was about who I was to become, who I am, who I want to be, and how to choose the paths to get there. And, clearly, it was all part of the plan! Not having had any children yet, I have never really put much thought into what I expect from a school for my kids, beyond a good education. What, in fact, makes up a great education is a subject that is in many respects new ground for thought.(…) Having acknowledged all this more clearly and completely over the past days, is a grand thank you to everybody who was a part of that period of my life, who put much of it all in motion and always strove to make sure that the school was a special environment in every respect.”
Daniel B. Carneiro da Cunha – Class of 1994
to see the complete letter from Daniel, please click here.
The school’s Vision, Mission, Philosophy, Aims and Objectives (VMPA&O) statements form the principles at the heart of all school policies and
practices. An annual review of these statements is carried out to revisit their contents and to check that the school is putting into practice the guidelines they establish. Students, parents and teachers are periodically invited to participate in the review process to ensure that the VMPA&O document is both dynamic and reflects the overall views and expectations of the
whole school community. The process is essential if the school
is to continuously raise standards, incorporate new developments
in education and respond to the changing needs of the community.
Rafael Mellin de Campos (AKA Sael) Class of 1996 wrote to us in December 2010:
(…) It's been 14 years since I graduated from The British School, Rio de Janeiro. Right now I'm 31, married, and a happy father to a beautiful baby girl. I work in the film/tv industry and I enjoy immensely what I do. I don't mean to brag about any of this, but there's really not much I can complain in life. Actually, I can't think how one could be much happier than this. Life's been pretty good, to say the least.
And I truly believe that a lot of what I've achieved in life so far, has to do with what I learned in school. Even now, years later, I often catch myself thinking of the huge role that teachers had in my life - and in the lives of my close friends from the Class of '1996. We still keep in touch, most of us, and it's not rare that we talk about the days in school and some of the hilarious and disastrous events we had. And we always remember it all with a smile on our faces, with a great sense ofgratitude and saudades (can't think of a better word to precisely describe this).
(…) So, the most important thing I want to say is: thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to teach us a lot of what's important in life. And I don't mean just within the subjects… Thank you for helping to create the environment that we spent most of our childhood and adolescence in, and that have shaped, in so many ways, who we became as adults.
Thank you for providing us with just the right balance of discipline and care; for knowing when to reprimand and when to forgive. Thank you for insisting to teach students that spent half of the class drawing waves and surfers on the notebook - sorry for that, … And thank you - dare I say it - for the great amount of homework we had! I don't remember it much fondly, but I admit that all the deadlines and reports taught me to deal easier with a lot of work stuff later.
Well... In conclusion, I believe that the person I became is a direct result of the education I had - from my parents and from my teachers. And I can't think of better teachers than the staff we had.
I can only hope I'll have such a positive impact in other people's lives as my teachers had in mine.
Once again, thanks.
In all school services and routines and on all school premises,
the highest priority is placed on health, safety and security.
The school’s main focus in the area of health, safety
and security is prevention. The broader issues of pupil discipline
and behaviour as well as Personal, Social and Health Education
are a fundamental factor in prevention. Likewise, the support
of parents, staff and of the wider community are of paramount
importance to ensure that all policies and procedures are understood
and respected.
A Health and Safety Committee formed by members of staff and
parents is responsible for reviewing policies and procedures
and checking that daily practices are conforming to the established
guidelines. A regular report on health, safety and security
issues is made to the Board of Governors.
 |
The British School is an Associate Member of the Council of
International Schools (CIS,
former ECIS) and earned the prestigious CIS Award of Accreditation
in 1999. This status was reconfirmed in 2002 following the required
five-year inspection, and then in 2008 after the Ten Years Re-Accreditation process. The Urca Site is also affiliated to the International
Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)
and The Barra Site is currently in the process of seeking authorisation to the IBO Diploma Programme, with a view to starting teaching in 2013. The Director is a member of the Latin American Heads Conference,
an association of schools reflecting British practice in Latin
America.
The school is accredited as a “Bilingual
School” by the State Council for Education of Rio de Janeiro
and as a regular school under the local Education Authority.
.jpg)
The British School has a very strong commitment to ongoing improvement
and development. We believe that present and future pupils are
the direct beneficiaries of all past contributions from members
of our community.
On enrolment, the parents of all new pupils contribute towards
the school’s Development Fund via the Entrance Fee payment. The fund also receives
private and corporate donations throughout the year and during
fund-raising campaigns. All major development projects are financed
by this fund.
Future development of the school is outlined in the “Ten-Year
Strategic Plan” which is reviewed annually. Detailed Five-Year
Plans for the development of the curriculum and other important
areas of school organisation are also reviewed annually. A set
of Main Goals are established each year by the Board of Governors
to guide specific and focused development.
See also:
|
